• Lavabit is an open-source encrypted webmail service, founded in 2004. The service suspended its operations on August 8, 2013, after the U.S. Federal Government...
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  • architecture with end-to-end encryption. In October 2013, Silent Circle and Lavabit announced a project to create a more secure alternative to email and began...
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  • with the looming threat of government compulsion and precedent set by the Lavabit shutdown the day before. In January 2015, Silent Text had a serious vulnerability...
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    Hussein Kanji, Venture Capitalist at Hoxton Ventures. On August 8, 2013, Lavabit, a secure email provider that Snowden used, discontinued service after...
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    or her aircraft enjoy immunity and inviolability". On August 8, 2013, Lavabit, a Texas-based secure email service provider reportedly used by Snowden...
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    Tempora were leaked by Edward Snowden in May 2013, US-based companies Lavabit and Silent Circle, under pressure of government agencies, decided to shut...
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  • responsibility to fight the battle against terrorism", the founder of Lavabit had also criticized the proposals, saying the introduction of backdoors...
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    Zimmermann, along with other key employees from Silent Circle, teamed up with Lavabit founder Ladar Levison to create the Dark Mail Alliance. The goal of the...
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  • scheme over an otherwise non-E2EE protocol. Some non-E2EE systems, such as Lavabit and Hushmail, have described themselves as offering "end-to-end" encryption...
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  • require the disclosure of keys for investigative purposes. One company, Lavabit, chose to shut down rather than surrender its master private keys due to...
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